Yamaha announces media controllers neoHD and neoHD WiFi

Yamaha has announced two units of what they call "media controllers"; the neoHD with the model name YMC-500 and the neoHD WiFi with the model name YMC-700. The neoHD media controllers will connect the users HD entertainment system and give the abillity to control of home and Internet components and sources connected to a home AV system. When the user powers on the neoHD, three choices are presented: "Watch", "Listen" and "Play" to be followed by more in-depth choices as the user chooses an option. The neoHD units can control up to six other AV components such as TVs, Blu-ray players, set-top-boxes, DVD-players and such. neoHD Wifi, or YMC-700 is equipped with wireless Internet connectivity as well as corded ethernet connectivity which allows HD streaming from computers. Both models have three HDMI inputs and USB connectivity for iPod-playback or USB-stick media.

Both the neoHD models are available now with a starting price tag at $ 799.95 USD for the neoHD WiFi YMC-700 and $ 599.95 for the neoHD YMC-500. Read more

HD game trailers for Guitar Hero: Greatest hits, Harry Potter and The Half-blood prince, Trials HD and more

Gametrailers have new trailers in 720p for the games Guitar Hero: Greatest hits, Harry Potter and The Half-blood prince, Trials HD, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger and High speed chase 2.0

Guitar Hero: Greatest hits

Is titled "Guitar Hero: Smash hits" outside Europe and Australia and features 48 songs taken from the five previous games, but now supports lead guitar, bass guitar drums and vocals for all songs. Guitar Hero: Greatest hits will be out in June 16 in North America and on June 26 in Europe at the consoles Playstation 2, Playsation 3, Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360.

Video Games | Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits | European Reborn Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Harry Potter and The Half-blood prince

Is the video game adaption of the new movie with the same name. It will be out on the most consoles, such as Nintendo DS, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 - as well as on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Mobile. The release dates are June 30 and July 3 in UK. 

Video Games | Harry Potter Half-Blood Prince | Launch Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Trials HD

Is a downloadable game for Xbox Live arcade where the player performs crazy stunts with a motorcycle. It will be released on July 22 on Xbox 360. 

Video Games | Trials HD | Debut Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Is a two-dimensional manga-styled fighting arcade game with 3D graphics. It was released on Arcade in Fall 2008 but now it will be out on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on June 25 in Japan and on June 30 in North America.  

Video Games | BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger | Launch Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

High speed chase 2.0

Is a iPod Touch/iPhone-game available from July 1 on Apple's App store for 99 American cents. In the game you race across the highway and use your fingers for jumping, bumping and shooting at other cars.

Video Games | High Speed Chase 2.0 | Debut Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

HD movie trailer for Inglorious basterds and clips from The Answer man and Brüno

Yahoo! Movie Trailers have released a trailer in 720p and 1080p for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming movie Inglorious basterds. 


Apple Movie Trailers have two new clips in 720p and 1080p from the movies The Answer man and Brüno.

ASUS releases specifications for the SBC-04D1S-U External Slim Blu-ray drive

ASUS has released specifications for their upcoming SBC-04D1S-U External Slim Blu-ray drive. The SBC-04D1S-U is a external drive which connects to your computer's USB 2.0 port and it supports reading 4.8X BD-ROM/RE and writing 8X DVD+R/+RW. It is only available for Windows operating systems though.
SBC-04D1S-U supports TrueTheater High Definition (TTHD) which upscales standard definition content into HD-quality images on high-resolution displays. It comes bundled with software from Cyberlink and the abillity to protect content on discs with Disc Encryption to password protect an entire or a part of a disc. No release date or starting price has been released for ASUS SBC-04D1S-U yet, but we will definitely bring you that information when it's out. Read more

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High-Definition trailers round-up for week 26

Week 26 has offered us some trailers in HD for bigger and smaller games and movies and some clips for blockbusters as well. 

Tuesday, June 23:
HD movie trailers for Ponyo, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe and Halloween II

Thursday, June 25:
HD trailers for The Last Airbender, The Stepfather and The September issus + HD clip for 500 days of summer

Friday, June 26:
HD movie trailers for Spread, Amelia and Daybreakers

Saturday, June 27:
HD movie trailers for The Invention of Lying, The Box + a HD clip for Cheri

Sunday, June 28:
HD game trailers for Fight Night round 4, The Punisher: No mercy, Call of Juarez: Bound in blood Multiplayer and Dawn of Discovery

High-Definition news round-up for week 26

This week had as much as new screens from Eizo and two headlines from Epson, as well as a lot of new hardware and happenings for LCD screens.

Tuesday, June 23:
Epson unveils the bright projector PowerLite Pro Z8000WUNL

Wednesday, June 24:
Eizo releases FlexScan SX2462W, their latest Display Port LCD

Thursday, June 25:
Paramount Home Entertainment announces the new Sapphire Series Blu-ray movies
Cello Electronics announces the first HDTV that records to SD cards
Some Sharp LCD monitors risks being banned in U.S.A.
Seiko Epson says 37-inch and larger inkjet-printed OLED TVs in 2012
OmniVision announces 5-megapixel solution for DSC and mobile devices, enabling 1080p mobile recording

Friday, June 26:
Eizo releases FORIS FX2431 LCD monitor
LG announces the two ultra slim LCD TVs 55LH95 and 55LH93

HD game trailers for Fight Night round 4, The Punisher: No mercy, Call of Juarez: Bound in blood Multiplayer and Dawn of Discovery

Gametrailers have a couple of new trailers in 720p - one boxing game (Fight Night round 4), one RTS game (Dawn of Discovery) and two FPS-games (The Punisher: No mercy and Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood).

Fight Night round 4

Video Games | Fight Night Round 4 | Awards Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

The Punisher: No mercy

Video Games | The Punisher: No Mercy | Punishment Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Call of Juarez: Bound in blood Multiplayer

Video Games | Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood | Six Chambers Multiplayer Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Dawn of Discovery

Video Games | Dawn of Discovery | Launch Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

HD movie trailers for The Invention of Lying, The Box + a HD clip for Cheri

Yahoo! Movie Trailers have released two new movie trailers in 720p and 1080p; The Invention of Lying and The Box.

Apple Movie Trailers have released a clip in 720p and 1080p for Cheri.

LG announces the two ultra slim LCD TVs 55LH95 and 55LH93

LG has announced two new ultra-slim "Full LED" LCD TVs in the hometown Seoul. The new models are called 55LH95 and 55LH93 and are both 55-inch LCD TVs. Both models features 500 000:1 in contrast ratio and a refresh rate of 240 Hz with a thickness of the TV itself of only 24.8 mm, thanks to a patented technology. The models features a new innovation that will allow the user to send content from DVD players, game consoles or home-theater units wirelessly without any degradation. How that is supposed to work is yet unknown.
LG will unveil less expensive 42-inch and 47-inch full LED LCD TVs by the end of the year without the ultra-slim design. 

Both 55LH95 and 55LH93 will be released in July 2009 with a starting price tag of KRW 7 million ($ 5500 USD) for the 55LH93 model and KRW 7.6 million ($ 5900 USD) for the 55LH95 model. Read more

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HD movie trailers for Spread, Amelia and Daybreakers

Apple Movie Trailers have a trailer in 720p and  1080p for the new Aston Kutcher-movie Spread.


Yahoo! Movie Trailers have trailers in 720p and 1080p for Amelia and Daybreakers.

Eizo releases FORIS FX2431 LCD monitor

Eizo has announced that they're now shipping the FORIS FX2431 LCD monitor. FORIS FX2431, which is the first FORIS monitor to be sold outside Japan, is a 24.1-inch Full HD LCD monitor designed for movie watchers and gamers. The FORIS FX2431 has two HDMI inputs, built-in speakers, composite- and S-video inputs. Up to four computers can be connected at once to the monitor using all the different inputs. It features the new "Auto USB Selection" and two upstream USB ports for simultaneous sharing of one keyboard and mouse between two connected computers.
FORIS FX2431 native resolution is 1920 x 1200 pixels, but that doesn't stop the user from playing old video games, such as 8-bit games - as they can be played in double the original size without distortion or blur, thanks to a mode called "Real Image". FORIS FX2431 has a dynamic contrast ratio between 1000:1 to 2000:1 depending on settings and a maximum brightness of 360cd/m2 as well as a response time of 6 ms.
Eizo's FORIS FX2431 LCD monitor is out now at some retailers with an unknown price. Read more (PDF)

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OmniVision announces 5-megapixel solution for DSC and mobile devices, enabling 1080p mobile recording

OmniVision has announced their new 5-megapixel solution for DSC (Digital System Cameras) and mobile devices, the OV5653 sensor chip. OV5653 enables 720p recording at 60fps and Full HD 1080p recording at 30fps, which according to OmniVision makes it ideal for both 5-megapixel DSCs and DVs (Digital Videocameras).
The OV5653 belongs to the 1.75-micron OmniBSI family which also includes the 5-megapixel OV5650 RAW sensor for high resolution mobile phone cameras. The family also has the 2-megapixel OV2665 SoC, designed to deliver high image quality to the mass market. OmniVision's OV5653 chip and the other new ones in the 1.75-micron OmniBSI family will be released for volume production in the second half of 2009. Read more

Seiko Epson says 37-inch and larger inkjet-printed OLED TVs in 2012

Seiko Epson earlier announced a new solution for large Full HD OLED TVs (Read) and now they have the vision of 37-inch and larger inkjet-printed OLED TVs in the year 2012. Seiko Epson estimates that the year 2012 will be the year when 37-inch OLED TVs will be launched by various makers and that 2015 will be when the sales will really take off for the market. Read more

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Some Sharp LCD monitors risks being banned in U.S.A.

Some LCD displays from Sharp should be banned from the U.S. according to U.S. trade agency. Japanese Sharp uses a technology that infringes patented technology owned by by South Korean Samsung. Samsung issued four different claims of patent infingements, but they only won the one called "Liquid Crystal Display having wide viewing angel" from 2004.
LCD TVs from Sharp made overseas that uses the patented inventions by Samsung risks being banned in the U.S. Among the models that violated the patented, the Aquos line of HDTVs is included. Sharp hasn't already got the full decision, but it does not look good. Read more

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Cello Electronics announces the first HDTV that records to SD cards

The british LCD TV company Cello Electronics has announced the first television with the abillity to record onto SD cards. Usually, TVs with a built in recorder, records onto a harddrive. The TV is available in 22-inch, 26-inch and 32-inch sizes with two TV tuners, two SD slots and an integrated DVD player. The TVs have a 16:9 display with 1440 x 900 resolution which unfortunately doesn't support Full HD and the TVs has no HDMI connectivity. Cello Electronics SD recorder TVs will be released in July with a starting price tag of £399.99 ($ 657.5 USD) for the 26-inch model and £469.99 ($ 766.55 USD) for the 32-inch model. Read more

HD trailers for The Last Airbender, The Stepfather and The September issus + HD clip for 500 days of summer

Apple Movie Trailers has released a trailer in 720p and 1080p for The Last Airbender and a clip in 720p and 1080p for 500 days of summer.


Yahoo! Movie Trailers has released trailers in 720p and 1080p for The September issue and The Stepfather.

Paramount Home Entertainment announces the new Sapphire Series Blu-ray movies

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced their new Sapphire Series Blu-ray movies. Sapphire series will offer Acadamy Award winners in their highest quality and in two-discs, which is something new for Blu-ray movies. Sapphire Series will start September 1 with the movies Braveheart and Gladiator, both Academy Award winner. On November 3, Forrest Gump will be released as a Sapphire Series Blu-ray and there are more movies to come. The movies released in the Sapphire Series will be packed with extra material, such as behind the scenes, documentaries, audio commantary and deleted scenes. Read more

Eizo releases FlexScan SX2462W, their latest Display Port LCD

Eizo has released their latest Display Port LCD screen in Japan, called FlexScan SX2462W. SX2462W is a 24" monitor with a 1920 x 1200 pixels resolution, a 850:1 contrast ratio, 5ms response time and the capabillity of reproducing 98% of the RGB colours. The display can be rotated 90 degrees which will make reading of longer documents easier. It will be available in black or white and have connectabillity via both two DVI-ports or one Display Port. Eizo FlexScan SX2462W is out now in Japan with the starting price tag of 1000 000 Yen ($  1 047 USD) Read more

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Epson unveils the bright projector PowerLite Pro Z8000WUNL

Epson has unveiled a new high-brightness projector called PowerLite Pro Z8000WUNL. The  Z8000WUNL is the first projector of a new series of projectors which uses 3LCD chips.  It's designed for educational institutions and businesses with a WUXGA (1920 x 1200 pixels) resolution and 5000:1 in contrast ratio. It also has a innovative liquid-cooling system and a dual-lamp design that will enhance the image quality. Epson PowerLite Pro Z8000WUNL will be released in September 2009 with an unknown price tag. Read more

HD movie trailers for Ponyo, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe and Halloween II

Apple Movie Trailers has a trailer in 720p and 1080p for Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo.

Yahoo! Movie Trailers has second trailers in 720p and 1080p for the movies Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The rise of Cobra and Halloween II.

HD trailers round-up for week 25

Wednesday, June 17:
HD movie trailers for The Cove and Last ride

Friday, June 19:
HD movie trailers for 2012, Cold souls, Zombieland and Love happens, plus clip from Public enemies

Saturday, June 20:
HD movie trailers for Dead snow, I hate valentine's day, Untitled Michael Moore project, The Girl from Monaco, Shorts and Fame

High-Definition News round-up for week 25

Monday, June 15:
JVC releases LT-42WX70, a Full HD 42-inch monitor for digital SLR users
Marantz announces UD9004, a high-end Blu-ray and SACD player

Tuesday, June 16:
Toshiba announces 40A8000 Regza, a affordable Full HD LCD
New Popcorn hour C200 announced

Wednesday, June 17:
SANYO releases PDG-DET100JL and LP-WTC500L - two projectors with high resolution and brightness
Sharp announces BD-HP22H, an environmentally-friendly Blu-ray player

Thursday, June 18:
LG releases a 3D version of the 47LH50 LCD TV
Panasonic announces development of an 85-inch Full HD Plasma display
ContourHD 720p helmet cam is now released
Samsung announces shipping of the 460UT Series video wall LCDs

Friday, June 19:
Microsoft's Zune HD is powered by Nvidia's Tegra
Sony Pictures announces the new Blu-ray disc feature MovieIQ
Joost Labs announces Joost on Playstation 3

Saturday, June 20:
Candela introduces 3 new LCD TVs
Maingear offers AXESS HD Gamer, a powerful and expensive HD gaming rig

Sunday, June 21:
Survey shows that Blu-ray interest remains lukewarm despite high spreading of HDTVs
Texas Instruments announces enhanced 4K technology on next generation DLP cinema

Texas Instruments announces enhanced 4K technology on next generation DLP cinema

Texas Instruments has annonuced plans to incorporate enhanced 4K technology for the next generation of DLP (Digital Light Processing) cinema projectors. Texas Instruments will deliver their licensed DLP Cinema 4K chips to Barco, Christie Digital and NEC, which will place the chip in over 12 projector models. The solution gives the projectors the abillity to light up theatre screens as big as 100 feet and 3D screen as big as 75 feet. Read more

Survey shows that Blu-ray interest remains lukewarm despite high spreading of HDTVs

Despite the fact that 33% of the U.S. population owns atleast one HDTV, the interest for Blu-ray remains lukewarm. According to a survey by Harris Interactive, just 7% of the 2401 asked U.S. adults own a Blu-ray player. 9% own a Sony Playstation 3 which plays Blu-rays. Earlier reports has shown that Blu-ray player sales has increased 72% since the last year, but according to this survey, it has still not exploded.
The biggest reason the participants in the survey doesn't buy as much Blu-ray movies as DVDs is because they're waiting for the prices to come down. "Blu-ray also faces competition from alternative technologies such as cable, satellite and the Internet", says Milton Ellis, Harris Interactive Technology. Read more

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Maingear offers AXESS HD Gamer, a powerful and expensive HD gaming rig

Maingear has released a new, customizable HD gaming rig named AXESS HD Gamer. At Maingear's site you can choose what hardware the rig will be delivered with and how powerful it will be and therefore how ruined you will be. The AXESS HD Gamer's base price is $ 1 799.99 USD and  the highest price is $ 6 425.71 USD. The consumer can choose different Intel Core i7 processors, different sizes of Kingston memory, DVD- or Blu-ray drive, Solid state or optical drives, 32-bit or 64-bit Vista operating system and other accessories. Read more

Candela introduces 3 new LCD TVs

Candela has introduced three new LCD TV models; CPLV215WDG2, CPLV185WDG2, and CPLV15.4WDG2.
The CPLV215WDG2 is a 21.5-inch LCD TV which supports Full HD resolution, has a contrast ratio of 1000:1, a brightness of 300cd/m2 and a responsetime of 5ms. The sceen comes with two built-in speakers and will have a price tag starting at 46 800 Yens ($ 486 USD).

The CPLV185WDG2 is a 18.5-inch LCD TV with almost the same specifications as the 21.5-inch model, but with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels instead of Full HD. The 18.5-inch model will have a starting price tag of 42 800 Yens ($ 445 USD).

The CPLV15.4WDG2 is a 15.4-inch LCD TV with a resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels, a brightness of 250cd/m2, a contrast ratio of 400:1 and a response time of 16ms. The 15.4-inch model will have a price tag starting at 34 800 Yens ($ 362 USD). Read more

HD movie trailers for Dead snow, I hate valentine's day, Untitled Michael Moore project, The Girl from Monaco, Shorts and Fame

Apple Movie Trailers has a big update with six new trailers in 720p and 1080p; Dead snow, I hate Valentine's day, Untitled Michael Moore project, The Girl from Monaco, a second trailer for Shorts and a second trailer for Fame.

Joost Labs announces Joost on Playstation 3

Joost Labs has announced their new project they are working on: a version of Joost customized for running on the Sony Playstation 3. Joost on Playstation 3 allows the user to navigate through content by using the PS3 controller and playing video from the Joost service. Read more

Sony Pictures announces the new Blu-ray disc feature MovieIQ

Sony Pictures has announced a new Blu-ray disc feature for BD-Live called MovieIQ. MovieIQ is powered by Gracenote and offers the user access to a real-time movie database when the Blu-ray player is connected to the Internet. MovieIQ allows the user to see information about the currently playing movie, such as cast, crew, trivia, soundtrack and other information. MovieIQ will be offered on all Sony Picture's new major releases, including Angels & Demons, Easy Rider, Punch drunk love and more. Read more

Microsoft's Zune HD is powered by Nvidia's Tegra

Microsoft has announced that their upcoming media player Zune HD is powered by Nvidia's Tegra computing platform. Zune HD may be the first Tegra-powered device when it hits the market later this year. Nvidia's Tegra allows Microsoft's Zune HD to play high-definition video in 720p and to be connected to a HDTV for a bigger image, something that the biggest competitor, Apple's iPod Touch cannot offer. Tegra will also enable the Zune HD to have a longer battery life and the possibility of Adobe Flash-support. Read more

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HD movie trailers for 2012, Cold souls, Zombieland and Love happens, plus clip from Public enemies

Yahoo! Movie Trailers brings us two new trailers in 720p and 1080p; 2012 and Love happens.

 
Apple Movie Trailers has two new trailers in 720p and 1080p; Cold souls and Zombieland.  They also have a clip from Public enemies.

Samsung announces shipping of the 460UT Series video wall LCDs

Samsung has announced that they're now shipping the 460UT Series of video wall LCD monitors. The model names are 460UT, 460UTn and 460UTn-UD and allows professionals to build dynamic video walls with Samsung's patended Interlocking Display (ID) solution. The ultra-thin border of the screens provides a near-seamless viewing experice. The 460UTn-UD offers Samsung's revolutionary Ultra Definition (UD) ultra wall solution which offers professionals to manage up to 250 video displays to create a virtual monitor, showing huge images controlled by a server. Read more about the 460UT, 460UTn, 460UTn-UD LCDs | Read more about Samsung Ultra-Definition System

ContourHD 720p helmet cam is now released

VholdR ContourHD's wearable HD 720p cam has now been released and available for sale at Amazon for $299.99 USD. The wearable camera shoots in 720p at 30fps and in WVGA (858 x 480) at 60fps. The video can be recorded in the H.264 codec format. VholdR calls ContourHD the first HD wearable camcorder. Two types of mount is included as well as a 2 GB micro SD card that will hold up to 8 hours of recorded video. Read more

Panasonic announces development of an 85-inch Full HD Plasma display

Panasonic has announced they are developing a 85-inch Full HD Plasma display. Panasonic's 85-inch plasma has the screen size of four 42-inch panels and is big enough to show a person in full size when installed vertically, still it is only 99 mm thick. The display will support LAN control and the possibility of adding up to three different terminal boards, such as DVI and Dual Link HD-SDI.  The 85-inch weighs approximately 130 kg and is designed for professional users. Panasonic's 85-inch Plasma display will be released in Japan and U.S.A. in Fall 2009. Read more

LG releases a 3D version of the 47LH50 LCD TV

LG Korea recently released their model 47LH50, a 47-inch Full HD LCD TV which was one of the first HDTVs with Netflix instant streaming embedded in the TV. Now LG has released a 3D version of the 47LH50 which allows the user to enjoy 3D effects when wearing 3D glasses- whithout any additional 3D video cards or a PC. Read more

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Sharp announces BD-HP22H, an environmentally-friendly Blu-ray player

Sharp has announced a new Blu-ray player with the model name BD-HP22H, which is supposed to be enviromentally friendly. The BD-HP22H will only consume 20W of power while playing and 0.7 W when in standby mode. Despite its low power consumption, the BD-HP22H offers 7.1 surround sound with DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD as well as Internet access with BD-Live. Sharp's BD-HP22H will be available in June 2009 with a price tag starting at $325 USD. Read more

HD movie trailers for The Cove and Last ride

Today at Apple Movie Trailers, you can find two new trailers in 720p and 1080p; The Cove and Last ride.

SANYO releases PDG-DET100JL and LP-WTC500L - two projectors with high resolution and brightness

SANYO has released their latest High-resolution video projectors with high brightness; PDG-DET100JL and LP-WTC500L. The PDG-DET100JL is a black projector with a SXGA+ (1400 x 1050) resolution and a brightness of 7500 lumens. The LP-WTC500L is a white projector with Wide-XGA (1280 x 800) resolution and a brightness of 5000 lumens. Both projectors features a "Picture-in-Picture" and "Picture-by-Picture"-mode for projecting two images simultaneously. The black PDG-DET100JL will be released on August 21, 2009 and the white LP-WTC500L will be released on July 21, 2009. Read more

New Popcorn hour C200 announced

The specifications for the latest installment of the media box Popcorn Hour: Popcorn Hour C200 was released at Networkmediatank's forums. The specifcations for Popcorn Hour C200 are massive - the media box supports a wide range of connectivities and protocols for file transfer and downloads such as Bonjour, Windows Media connect, BitTorrent, Usenet and FTP.

C200 supports the most audio and video containers and decoders you could think of, such as MPEG, AVI, WMV, MKV, MOV (H.264), XVID, WMA, WAV, MP3, FLAC and OGG.

When it comes to High Definition, C200 supports DTS-HD and Dolby True HD and it comes with a removable drive tray that seems to support a hard drive, DVD drive or Blu-ray drive for Blu-ray disc playback.

Popcorn Hour C200 basically looks like it's a packed media computer but conviently packaged in a smaller box that can easily be put in the living room and be connected to the TV and the home network. Read more

Toshiba announces 40A8000 Regza, a affordable Full HD LCD

Toshiba has announced their new 40A8000 Regza, a 40-inch Full HD LCD TV with a built-in Digital TV Tuner. The 40A8000 is a 120 Hz panel and has 3000:1 in contrast ratio, 2 HDMI out ports and has the price tag starting from 180 000 Yen ($ 1 871 USD). Read more

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Marantz announces UD9004, a high-end Blu-ray and SACD player

Marantz has announced a new high-end Blu-ray and SACD player called UD9004. The UD9004 features compatibility with DVD video despite it doesn't support DVD audio. The UD9004 plays Blu-ray and SACD discs and has a built-in SD card reader and support for BD-Live via an Ethernet port. Marantz UD9004 will be available in Japan in July with the starting price tag at 577500 Yen ($ 5 815) USD. Read more

JVC releases LT-42WX70, a Full HD 42-inch monitor for digital SLR users

JVC has now released their new 42-inch XVIEW LT-42WX70 which was announced a couple of weeks ago. The LT-42WX70 is a 120 Hz Full HD LCD monitor targeted to digital imaging professionals and ethusiasts using high-end digital SLR. Read more

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HD trailers round-up for week 24

This week did not have as many new hot trailers as last week, but some interesting ones were released, such as for the new Scorsese-film: Shutter island, the history of the electric guitar in the eyes of a bunch of legendary guitarists: It might get loud and a downloadable content game  with zombies for Call of duty: World at war

June 9: 
HD movie trailers for The Final destination, Orphan and The Goods: Live hard, sell hard

June 10:
HD movie trailers for Surveillance, The Answer man, The end of the line and It might get loud

June 11:
HD movie trailers for The Road and Shutter island

June 12:
HD game trailers for America's Army 3, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. and Call of Duty World at war Shi no numa

June 13: 
HD movie clips from Street dreams and The Proposal, plus a trailer for The Time traveler's wife

High-Definition News round-up for week 24

This week has been all about thin or lightweight hardware and HD streaming over both the Internet to the TV and through the power lines.

June 8: 
Samsung releases SyncMaster 50 Series LCD monitors
JVC introduces new ultra thin LCD TV for professionals
Averlogic shows HDMI streaming over powerlines
New way to mass-produce affordable, flexible OLED displays

June 9:
Studios join up with Epix for HD movie streaming
Panasonic introduces the world's lightest HD camcorders
ASUS releases new HD entertainment hardware

June 10:
PlayStation Network expands with Video delivery service
Green-House introduces GH-JEJ223SH-LB: A LCD monitor with 100 000:1 contrast ratio

June 11:
Harman Kardon announces BDP 1, their first Blu-ray disc player with BD-Live
Panasonic's DMP-B15 becomes world's first DivX Certified portable Blu-ray player

June 12: 
LG releases the first HDTVs that stream instantly to Netflix members
Eizo announces FlexScan EV2333W-H, a Display port LCD

HD movie clips from Street dreams and The Proposal, plus a trailer for The Time traveler's wife

Today, Apple Movie trailers brings us two new HD clips in 720p and 1080p from Street dreams and The Proposal.
Yahoo! Movie trailers brings us a trailer in 720p and 1080p for The Time traveler's wife.

Eizo announces FlexScan EV2333W-H, a Display port LCD

Eizo has announced a new 23-inch LCD screen with Display port and DVI-D (HDCP) with the model name FlexScan EV2333W-H. The screen supports resolutions up to 1920x1080 in 16:9 aspect ratio and has 3000:1 contrast ratio and 300 cd/m2 brightness and 7ms response time. The FlexScan EV2333W-H also has features such as EcoView and EyeCare for a less eye-straining and more enviromental-friendly experience. Eizo's FlexScan EV2333W-H is planned to be sold in  he middle of June in Japan and will start with a price tag around 54800 Yen ($ 560 USD). Read more | Product info (Translated from Japanese)

LG releases the first HDTVs that stream instantly to Netflix members

The picture is a montage of the LG models 47LH50 and 50PS80 with Xbox 360's Netflix.

LG has released the industry's first HDTVs with Netflix instant streaming software embedded directly in the TV, requiring no external device. The TVs available now are one 47-inch Full HD LCD TV with the model name 47LH50, and a 50-inch plasma HDTV with the model name 50PS80. A 42-inch LCD TV with the model name 42LH50 and a 60-inch plasma model name 60PS80 are coming this summer.

The Netflix library offers more than 12 000 movies and TV episodes available for instant playback within 30 seconds after choosing titles in a queue. These features are available with a broadband connection and a monthly Netflix subscription of $8.99 USD. LG's 47LH50 and 50PS80 also includes Yahoo! TV Widgets with direct access to YouTube and other streaming services. Read more

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HD game trailers for America's Army 3, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. and Call of Duty World at war Shi no numa

A lot of war in today's collection of new HD game trailers in 720p from Gametrailers;

An exclusive extended soldier trailer for America's Army 3

Video Games | America's Army 3 | Exclusive Extended Soldier Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. Downloadable Content planes

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XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Call of Duty: World at war Shi no numa Downloadable Content

Video Games | Call of Duty: World at War | Exclusive Shi no Numa DLC Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

HD movie trailers for The Road and Shutter island

Apple Movie Trailers today brings us two trailers in 720p and 1080p:

The Road - Based on a Pulitzer price-winning novel, starring Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce.

Shutter Island - Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow.

Panasonic's DMP-B15 becomes world's first DivX Certified portable Blu-ray player

Panasonic DMP-B15 which had an announced pricing and availability in the beginning of the month, is now available in the US, Canada, France and Australia and soon in the rest of the world. Panasonic has now together with DivX announced that the DMP-B15 will not only be the world's first portable Blu-ray disc player, but also the first which is DivX Certified. This means that the user can both play Blu-ray discs and High Definition video files encoded in the DivX-format.
According to DivX, products that becomes certified by them have undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure high-quality and reliable video creation and playback and interoperabillity with other DivX Certified devices. Read more

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Harman Kardon announces BDP 1, their first Blu-ray disc player with BD-Live

Harman Kardon has announced BDP 1, their first Blu-ray player with BD-Live interactivity. The BDP 1 plays Blu-ray discs as well as DVDs and allows the user to connect to BD-Live and BonusView. It supports a wide range of audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio and others. At the BDP 1's front, there is a USB jack for additional memory. It also supports HDMI 1.3a and Ethernet connectivity. Harman Kardon's BDP 1 will be available in June 2009 with a price tag starting at $499 USD. Read more

Green-House introduces GH-JEJ223SH-LB: A LCD monitor with 100 000:1 contrast ratio

Green-House has introduced a new 21.5" LCD monitor with the product name GH-JEJ223SH-LB, that has a contrast ratio of 100 000:1 with the Dynamic Contrast Enhancement mode turned on. The GH-JEJ223SH-LB also has 2ms response time, supports Full HD and offers a 3000cd/m2 brightness and HDCP and HDMI. The monitor has a enviromentally friendly ECO-mode which only uses 27W when activated, instead of the default 44W normal mode. Read more (Translated from Japanese)

PlayStation Network expands with Video delivery service

Sony has announced major enhancements to PlayStation Network by offering a Video Delivery service. The service will offer the users content from 16 partners in Hollywood, anime and sports to download and watch on-the-go. The video delivery service will have nearly 1900 movies and 9400 TV episodes. Users will be able to watch Standard Definition (SD) on their PSP or Playstation 3 and High Definition content on the Playstation 3, as more than 35% of the movies in the delivery service are in HD. Read more

HD movie trailers for Surveillance, The Answer man, The end of the line and It might get loud

Today, Apple Movie Trailers brings us three new trailers in 720p and 1080p; Surveillance, The Answer man and The End of the line.

Yahoo! Movie Trailers has a trailer in 720p and 1080p for It might get loud, which is about the history of the electric guitar seen from the point of view of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's The Edge and The White Stripe's Jack White.

ASUS releases new HD entertainment hardware

ASUS has unveiled several new units of hardware for the home users of HD entertainment at Computex 2009; the 24T1E TV Monitor, Essentio CM Personal entertainment center, BR-HD3 wireless kit, Blu-ray Slim External Optical Disk Drive and O!Play HDP-R1 HD Media Player which we have covered earlier.

ASUS 24T1E is a LCD display with a built-in TV tuner which features Full HD resolution and is supposed to deliver what ASUS calls unpararelled performance and exceptional versatility.

ASUS Essentio CM is a Personal Entertainment Center which offers the user to play HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Full HD resolution.

ASUS BR-HD3 is a Wireless High Definition Multimedia Interface kit which delivers enhanced audio reproduction and optimized visual images for the home entertainment. ASUS calls the BR-HD3 a revolution for innovations in video compression and distribution. It compresses HD video in JPEG2000 format and distributes video streams with the Wi-Fi 802.11n technology. Users can stream their PC multimedia content to other devices in other rooms such as the TV or projector and the signals are protected from unauthorized access with High-Bandwith Digital Content Protection (HDCP).

ASUS Blu-ray Slim External Optical Disc Drive is a ultra slim Blu-ray player for those who want to experience HD movies while on the move. It has low power consumption, large storage capacity and delivers up to 1080p video quality. It also has a disc encryption feature that offers secure data storage with password protection. Read more

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Panasonic introduces the world's lightest HD camcorders

Panasonic has released two of what they call the world's lightest high definition camcorders; the HDC-SD10 and the HDC-TM10. Panasonic's HDC-SD10 uses a SD memory card as a recording media and the HDC-TM10 uses twin memory recording with both a built-in 8 GB memory and SD memory for storage. Both cameras weighs just 0,5 pounds and features 16X optical zoom and recording in Full HD 1920x1080 pixels. The cameras also have a function called "Optical Image Stabilizer" or "O.I.S." which minimizes the hand-shake when zooming. They also have a function called "Intelligent Auto" or "iA" which automatically sets the most suitable scene mode according to shooting conditions.
Both the HDC-SD10 and the HDC-TM10 has a touch screen and will have price tags starting at $549.95 USD and $599.95 USD respectively and be released in September 2009. Read more

HD movie trailers for The Final destination, Orphan and The Goods: Live hard, sell hard

Apple Movie Trailers have released a second trailer in 720p and 1080p for Orphan.

Yahoo! Movie Trailers gives us two new trailers in 720p and 1080p; The Final destination and The Goods: Live hard, sell hard.

Studios join up with Epix for HD movie streaming

The studios Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate have joined up together with Epix to deliver high-definition streaming versions of Hollywood movies before they're available on DVD. The service is called Epix and is a free, Flash-based player that dynamically scales the stream based on the available bandwith. Epix will deliver movies in 720p for free and without any advertisement, but it won't be open to the public in the same ways as Hulu or Youtube. Epix will instead be available as a value-add service for cable companies and ISP:s. Partnerships that is most likely to offer Epix are operators and services like At & T and Verizon. Read more

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New way to mass-produce affordable, flexible OLED displays

A new advance by researchers at Arizona State University's Flexible Display Center (FDC) and at Universal Display have made a more affordable mass-production of flexible OLED displays a reality. The researchers have made flexible OLED displays by using processes and tools that are used to make today's LCD flatscreens.

OLEDs can be printed on plastic and worn on wrists or on clothing which will be a interesting feature as the production now may be cheaper. Sony, LG and Samsung has unveiled small flexible prototypes over the last years but they are very expensive because the process have been expensive. Read more

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Averlogic shows HDMI streaming over powerlines

Averlogic demonstrated a technology at Computex 2009 which enables HDMI streaming over powerlines. The setup is based on two products which will later be sold by other retailers than Averlogic themselvses; a transmitter and a reciever. The transmitter contains three HDMI inputs and one output, as well as one component video and composite video input. The smaller reciever is put where you want to recieve the HDMI signal and has one HDMI output as well as component and composite video. The HDMI signal is then streamed over the powerlines in your house and it's also possible to stream by the boxes built in Ethernet ports.
The setup will support streaming of video up to 1920x1080 pixels in either 60i or 24p together with a 5.1-channel AC3 audio. Read more

JVC introduces new ultra thin LCD TV for professionals

JVC has announced a new LCD TV that has the thinness of a OLED screen despite it is a LCD with its ultra thin 6.4 mm. The model is a 32" LCD TV called GD-32X1 and is aimed for professionals and offers the possibility to add video in sliding doors, windows or picture frames. The GD-32X1 weighs only 5,7 kg, has a contrast ratio of 4000:1, supports Full HD resolution and has a brightness of 400 cd/m2. Read more

Samsung releases SyncMaster 50 Series LCD monitors

Samsung has released two new LCD monitors in Korea; the SyncMaster P2050G (20") and P2350G (23"). The two LCD monitors of the SyncMaster-series features Samsung ToC Crystal Rose black bezel, a 50 000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, Full HD resolution and a 2 ms response time. The P2050 and P2350 will sell for $278 USD and $325 USD respectively. Read more

HD trailers round-up for week 23

Week 23 had a huge amount of gametrailers in HD because of E3. Trailers for highly anticipated games such as Splinter Cell: Conviction, Assasin's Creed 2, Crysis 2, Halo 3: ODST, Tekken 6, Alien VS. Predator and many more was released.
As for movies, the hype was not lowered among the majority of people either with trailers for Toy Story 3 and The Twilight saga: New moon.

June 2:

HD movie trailers for Toy story 3, G-Force, Pandorum and The Twilight saga: New moon
Massive collection of new game trailers in HD: Crysis 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Assasin's creed 2 and more

June 4:
HD-trailers and clips for The Hurt Locker, Shrink and Food, Inc

June 5:
Another collection of HD gametrailers: Tekken 6, Wipeout HD, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and more

High-Definition News round-up for week 23

Week 23 has been packed with new hardware announcements and releases. Pioneer has revealed several new interesting pieces of hardware and the Xbox 360 has gotten more competative features with Netflix and BBC hit shows. Here are all the news between June 1st and June 7th:

June 1:
Panasonic announces availability and pricing for the world's first portable Blu-ray disc player
Microsoft announces Netflix queue and 1080p video store fore Xbox 360

June 2:
BBC Worldwide adds hit programmes to U.S. Xbox 360 and Zune Marketplace

June 3:
Pioneer announces Blu-ray player for professionals
ASUS announces Media player for the living room
Bang & Olufsen announces LCD TV with built-in Blu-ray disc player
Pioneer announces three new BD-Live Blu-ray disc players
CyberLink unveils High-Definition 3D Movie Playback

June 4:
LaCie announces wireless HD media players
NEC's curved 43" monitor on sale now
AMD launches new chip that will transform notebooks into HD media entertainment centers

June 5:
Pioneer announces new 7.1 channel AV amp
Nvidia shows up Tegra, promising 1080p video and 25-day music

June 6:
Sanyo's HD surveillance camera let's you catch the theif in 1080p

June 7:
Panasonic announces Full HD Video conferencing system

Panasonic announces Full HD Video conferencing system

Panasonic has announced a new Full HD video conferencing system by the name KX-VC500. The system is plugged into a HDTV to provide Full HD video conferencing at speeds up to 8 MB/s. A camera is not included by Panasonic, but it allows any other HD video camera to be connected for the consumer to use as the camera for filming herself. Read more

Sanyo's HD surveillance camera let's you catch the theif in 1080p

SANYO has anounced a new surveillance camera with the name VCC-HD4000P. The camera has a resolution of 4 Megapixels (2288x1712 pixels) and achieves a resolution approximately 9 times that of a conventional camera. This will allow the user to cover a larger monitoring area and catch the thief in High Definition. VCC-HD4000P also features a Full HD compatible 10x AF zoom lens, 16X optical zoom, storage slots for saving images on SD card or an external hard drive and codec support for H.264 and 2288x1712 JPEGs. The camera also has facial recognition for up to 32 different faces and the abillity of transmitting the Full HD H.264 video and 4 Megapixel JPEG images over a network. Read more
The Difference between the SANYO VCC-HD4000P and conventional cameras.

Nvidia shows up Tegra, promising 1080p video and 25-day music

Nvidia's Tegra was debuted inside a dozen of Mobile Internet Devices at Computex 2009. Tegra is described by a computer-on-a-chip with something called a "heterogeneous multiprocessor architecture". A CPU runs the HTML and Java, an HD video processor makes streaming HD video playback possible and a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) for a nice user interface and for Flash acceleration. Tegra is a response to today's relatively underpowered Mobile Internet Devices. Tegra has a relatively high computation power to its power draw and is advertised as being capable of: Listening to music for 25 days on one charge or watching 1080p video for 10 hours or playing video games at 46 fps. Read more

Another collection of HD gametrailers: Tekken 6, Wipeout HD, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and more

A couple of days ago, you could find a massive collection of new game trailers in HD from E3. Today you get a couple of more trailers in 720p as Gametrailers continues to pump out trailers from E3:

America's Army 3
Saw
Tekken 6
Gran Turismo 5
Wipeout HD
Homefront
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
The Agency
Lord of the Rings: Aragon's Quest
Mario & Sonic Olympic Winter Games
Alien VS. Predator
Jak and Daxter: The Lost frontier

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Pioneer announces new 7.1 channel AV amp

Pioneer has announced a new 7.1 channel AV amp by the model name VSA-LX52. The VSA-LX52 features PQLS multi-surround, Linear PMC multichannel audio via HDMI and is compatible with WMA, MP3, WAV, Dolby NR TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio and THX Select2 Plus. It also has a feature for connecting an iPod via USB and control the iPod directly from your TV. No release date or price has been released yet. Read more

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AMD launches new chip that will transform notebooks into HD media entertainment centers

AMD has launched their new ATI Theater HD 750-chip, a PC TV chip that will turn consumers desktop and notebook PCs into HD media entertainment centers. By using analog and digital, and free-to-air broadcast signals, the ATI Theater HD 750 clear out HD picture quality for an authentic HD home theater experience on the PC, no matter in which country the user is in at the time.AMD's ATI Theater HD 750 is scheduled to be available later this year as a PCI-express and a USB stick-version to name a few. Read more

NEC's curved 43" monitor on sale now

NEC today announced the 43 inch NEC CRV43 which is a curved, ultra-widescreen speciality desktop display aimed for professional graphics, goverment, education, command & control and the home office. NEC CRV43 has a double WGXA resolution with an aspect ratio of 32:10 and a resolution of 2880x900 pixels. Some other specifications include 200 cd/m2 brightness, a ultra-fast 0,02 ms rapid response, 10 000:1 contrast ratio and USB 2.0, DVI-D and HDMI 1.3 input connectivety. The monitor will have a price tag starting from $7 999 USD and is out now. Read more

LaCie announces wireless HD media players

LaCie has announced an expansion of their LaCinema Black MAX-family. The two new models are called LaCinema Black PLAY and RECORD and they both enable users to stream HD media over their wireless network and storage content on the 1 TB internal harddrive. The new models also has a builtin UPnP client that allows users to access media content from a networked PC or Mac from anywhere in the home. The RECORD-version supports recording and TV tuning like a DVR box and both models can handle 1080i upscaling of SD (Standard Definition) material. Both the LaCinema Black PLAY and RECORD are available for orders now starting at $429.99 USD. Read more

HD-trailers and clips for The Hurt Locker, Shrink and Food, Inc

Apple Movie Trailers have released clips in 720p and 1080p for the upcoming movies The Hurt Locker and Food, Inc. They've also released a trailer in 720p and 1080p for Shrink.

CyberLink unveils High-Definition 3D Movie Playback

CyberLink unveiled for the first time their High Definition 3D movie playback technology at Computex 2009. By using their software PowerDVD, the user can experience stereoscopic 3D effects with their PC. The CyberLink 3D video technology is planned to be built in to PowerDVD and PowerCinema. Read more

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Pioneer announces three new BD-Live Blu-ray disc players

Pioneer has introduced three new Blu-ray players that supports BD-Live with the product names BDP-LX52, BDP-320 and BDP-120. The BDP-LX52 is described as a high-end player, the BDP-320 as mid-range and the BDP-120 as an entry level player. BDP-120 ships with a 2 gigabyte flash drive to put in to its USB-port. The BDP-320 and BDP-LX52 models has an internal memory and users with one of those models will be able to download the latest software via the Internet. All models supports image processing in 1080p at 24 fps and has support for DTS HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD audio. The BDP-120 has a start-up time from standby to active in 0,8 seconds.

Pioneer BDP-320 will be available from June 2009 for £399.99, followed by the BDP-LX52 for £594.99 and the BDP-120 for £269.99 which will be released in July 2009. Read more|Source (in Swedish)

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Bang & Olufsen announces LCD TV with built-in Blu-ray disc player

Bang & Olufsen has announced an update of their LCD TV BeoVision 7-40. The new Beovision 7-40 is a 120 Hz 40-inch LCD TV that has a built-in Blu-ray disc player and also features BD-Live which allows the user to access the Internet and see additional content. BeoVision 7-40 also has a DVB-HD module and a choice of loudspeakers (BeoLab 7-4) to go with the TV. Bang & Olufsen's BeoVision 7-40 will be released in June 2009 and have a price tag starting from $13,500 USD with a center channel loudspeaker of choice included. Read more

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ASUS announces Media player for the living room

ASUS has announced their first member of the new O!Play Series digital media player line: The O!Play HDP-R1 HD media player. The media player supports 1080p High Definition in various file formats, such as MPEG1/2/4, H.264, .avi, .divx and .mkv. O!Play HDP-R1 HD also has features such as a Music shuffle and a eSATA interface for up to 6 times faster transfering of media compared to the more ordinary USB 2.o. The media player also supports LAN for the user to stream media directly from their PC to the mediaplayer. Unfortunately the mediaplayer only supports the old school wired ethernet connection and no Wi-Fi which is very strange. No release date or pricing has yet been announced for the ASUS O!Play HDP-R1. Read more

Pioneer announces Blu-ray player for professionals

Pioneer has announced a Blu-ray player with the model name BDP-V6000, which is aimed to be used by professionals such as museums, video walls, houses of worship and public displays. The BDP V6000 has enhanced search options which allows the user to navigate through a Blu-ray disc's title, chapter and time code menus faster and easier. It is according to Pioneer also one of world's first industrial Blu-ray disc players with BD-Live, which allows the user to download new video content to the player without having to remaster a BD disc. Pioneer's BDP-V6000 has no official price tag yet, but it's expected to be released in September 2009.

Pioneer also announced a new video system called HD-V9000 that reads SD-cards for faster High Definition playback. Pioneer HD-V9000 doesn't neither have a price tag yet, but is expected to be available in the 1st quarter of 2010.
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Massive collection of new game trailers in HD: Crysis 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Assasin's creed 2 and more

Gametrailers has released a massive collection of new game trailers in 720p which have all been presented at E3;

Splinter Cell: Conviction
Halo 3: ODST
Halo: Reach
Crackdown 2
LEGO rock band
Red steel 2
Assassin's creed 2
Mass effect 2
Crysis 2
Need for speed NITRO
Alan wake
Shadow complex
Red faction: guerilla
Dante's inferno
Mafia II
The Saboteur,
Battlefield: 1943
Operation flashpoint 2
Dead space: extraction
NHL 10
Just cause 2
The Beatles: Rock band
Left 4 Dead 2
and Metal Gear Solid: Rising to name a "few".

BBC Worldwide adds hit programmes to U.S. Xbox 360 and Zune Marketplace

BBC Worldwide has announced a deal with Microsoft in the U.S. which allows Xbox 360 owners to purchase and download BBC Worldwide's hit programmes in HD from Xbox LIVE Marketplace and Zune Marketplace. Top shows such as Torchwood and Robin Hood is already available now in 720p at Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Read more | Read more 2

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HD movie trailers for Toy story 3, G-Force, Pandorum and The Twilight saga: New moon

Apple Movie Trailers has released a trailer in 720p and 1080p for G-Force and a clip from Land of the Lost.

Yahoo! Movie Trailers brings us more  720p and 1080p goodies; a teaser trailer for Pixar's Toy Story 3, a trailer for Pandorum and a teaser trailer for The Twilight saga: New moon.

Microsoft announces Netflix queue and 1080p video store fore Xbox 360

Today, Microsft announced at E3 (The Electronic Entertainment Expo in U.S.A.), that the Xbox 360 version of the video service Netflix soon will have a queue-function and the device will also have a video store with 1080p movies. The queue-function means that the user won't have to queue up movies via a laptop and the video store's name is the "Zune store" and will have 1080p streaming. What's great with all this is that the services will finally be available outside the U.S.To stream Full HD video from the video store, Microsoft recomends that you have a download speed of atleast 8 Mbits/s. Read more

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Panasonic announces availability and pricing for the world's first portable Blu-ray disc player

Today, Panasonic announced the availability and pricing for the world's first portable Blu-ray player: DMP-B15. The DMP-B15 will be released with an expected pricetag of $799.95 USD and will be available in June 2009.

The Panasonic DMP-B15 Portable Blu-ray disc player features:
-8.9-inch WSVGA LCD screen
- Panasonic's VIERA CAST internet acessability which gives the user the option to acess selected web sites such as Amazon Video-on-demand, Youtube, Google Picasa and more.
- SD Memory card slot
-  2.5 hour rechargeable battery
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